Editorial 2021

The year of 2020 will be remembered for many reasons including urgent calls to eliminate systemic racism in science and society. The Editorial Board at Molecular Ecology Resources is committed to improving all aspects of diversity in the field of molecular ecology and beyond; thus, our editorial article leads with this topic. Actions taken by the journal include improving diversity of the Editorial Board by recruiting additional board members with expertise in key study areas and extending the pool of reviewers to ensure broad inclusion. While the Editorial Board has near equal gender balance, we aim to improve inclusion of editors from underrepresented geographic areas and ethnic groups through open calls for applications to fill recent and future openings. To expand our pool of contributors to the peer-review process to represent broader perspectives, invitations sent by the journal explicitly seek experts from underrepresented groups and increased use of databases such as DiversifyEEB, Early Career Researcher Database and 500 Women Scientists. In order to examine recent biases that may exist for the journal, we evaluated demographic data for articles submitted, reviewed and cited in Molecular Ecology Resources in the last 6 years (2015–2020). Demographic data indicated that articles submitted and accepted by the journal were predominantly from lead authors in Europe and North America but there has been a substantial increase in authorship from Asia in the last two years. Articles from authors in Africa, Middle East, Oceania, Central and South America continue to be underrepresented in the journal. Citations of articles published in Molecular Ecology Resources appeared to be more balanced across geographic regions with the largest median citation values for articles written by authors from Asia and Oceania in recent years, followed by Europe, North America, Africa and Central/South America. Data also indicated that Special Issues should aim to be more inclusive of diverse authorship through open calls for articles that would enable contributions from underrepresented groups. Overall, demographic data indicate uneven research and publications towards certain countries/regions but the journal aims to expand to a broader group of potential authors and reviewers by reaching out to regional societies, workshops and conferences to increase journal awareness and contributions in underrepresented areas in the immediate future. The Editorial Board of Molecular Ecology Resources expects that efforts to improve diversity will create global opportunities and continue to enhance studies in evolution, ecology and conservation. The journal aims to publish high-quality resources for broad use in the community including computer programs, statistical and methodological advances, and extensive molecular tools. The journal consistently ranks high among journals in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, with an h5-index of 64 and Impact Factor of 6.29 for the current year. Standards for manuscripts reflect advances across multiple fields and we encourage authors to review guidelines prior to submitting manuscripts to Molecular Ecology Resources since previous content may not reflect current standards. For example, the bar continues to rise for articles that provide genome assembly resources given major advances in long-read sequencing and scaffolding approaches that enable high-quality chromosome level genomes to be assembled for most organisms. Molecular Ecology Resources aims to increase the amount of content related to reviews, comments, and opinion papers and encourages these submissions to the journal. In 2020, two Technical Reviews were published that focused on aquatic eDNA sample preservation (Kumar et al., 2020) and best practices for qPCR in telomere studies (Morinha et al., 2020). There was also a Special Feature on Genomics of Natural History Collections for Understanding Evolution in the Wild led by Lua Lopez and colleagues (Lopez et al., 2020). Future special issues are planned for Molecular Ecology Resources, and the authors who wish to propose a topic for a special issue are encouraged to contact the Managing Editor (Ben Sibbett) and Chief Editor (Shawn Narum). Top resources published in Molecular Ecology Resources in 2020 include key contributions across multiple subject areas of the journal. Three separate but complementary computer programs, which are at the frontier of their respective fields, were published: RADinitio, which allows users to simulate RAD (restriction site-associated DNA) data to aid experimental design (Rivera-Colón et al., 2020); Jackalope, which enables users to generate high-throughput sequencing simulations that can take complex evolutionary scenarios into account (Nell, 2020); and a new module of the landscape genetics programs CDPOP and CDMetaPOP, which enables users to simulate multilocus adaption in complex environments in order to better evaluate genotype–environment associations (Landguth et al., 2020). To ensure that all researchers have access to the latest tools in their field, computer programs continue to be published as ‘free access’. Important statistical advances include a method to reliably estimate absolute abundance for DNA-based community ecology by employing internal standards (Harrison et al., 2020); a study examining techniques to resolve GC and repeat-rich genomic regions (Peona et al., 2020); and a study highlighting the importance of estimating genotyping errors in RAD-seq experiments, and adjusting analyses accordingly (Bresadola et al., 2020). In addition, several articles expand our understanding and ability to use genomic data for conservation. For example, Wright et al. (2020) illustrate how reduced-representation sequencing can be used to improve threatened species management, while also highlighting its limitations von Thaden et al. (2020), and (Wright et al., 2020) provide guidance on developing SNP panels from degraded samples in order to monitor endangered species. There were also remarkable genomic resource papers published in 2020, including the ground-breaking Genomics Observatories Metadatabase (GEOME). GEOME provides a metadatabase to merge genomic data with other metadata sources with the aim of enhancing reproducibility of molecular biology studies (Riginos et al., 2020). Additionally, a paper examining metatranscriptomics to quantify diverse parasite communities revealed the untapped potential of using metatranscriptomics for this purpose, and will therefore open new avenues of research (Galen et al., 2020). Hagen et al. (2020) published a genome-wide linkage map for the house sparrow. Given that the house sparrow is an ecological and genetic model species, this study adds both to the understanding of an important species' genomic evolution and more generally to our understanding of the evolution of the avian genome. Finally, a high-quality genome assembly was published for endangered vaquita that combined long-read sequencing and long-range scaffolding methods that serves an as exceptional resource for broader studies (Morin et al, 2020). Molecular Ecology Resources has made efforts to emphasize new resources published in the journal that are expected to have broad influence in the community. In particular, 'From the Cover' articles are chosen by editors and each receives an accompanying Perspective from an expert in the field. Perspective articles are coordinated by Joanna Kelley as News & Views Editor. In the last year, From the Cover and Perspective articles highlighted advances in several study areas. This included metatranscriptomics to determine the composition and function of complex microbial communities, specifically as it was applied to blood parasites in birds (Galen et al., 2020; Perspective by Cassin-Sackett, 2020). Novel methods were highlighted, including a new approach for visualizing microbial communities on marine plastic debris using specialized probes (Schlundt et al., 2019; Perspective by Arias-Andres, 2020) and improved analyses of polyploids in landscape genomics (Meirmans, 2020; Perspective by Ackiss & Balao, 2020). A comparison of double-digest RADseq de novo assembly software (LaCava et al., 2020; Perspective by Marrano et al., 2020) was published that assists researchers to navigate across available software programs. The genome assembly of the extinct-in-the-wild scimitar-horned oryx demonstrated the utility of genomes in conservation (Humble et al., 2020; Perspective by Latch, 2020). Another highlight was the Genomic Observatories Metadatabase (GEOME) that links ecological and genomic data for maximal utility of both data sets for molecular ecology studies (Riginos et al., 2020; Editorial by Sibbett et al., 2020). We would like to express our appreciation to our team of Associate Editors for their contributions, and our Junior Editorial Board continues to grow with three new additions this year (Katrina West, Alison Gonçalves Nazareno and Elin Videvall). The Junior Editorial Board is overseen by Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos (Social Media Editor), and this group coordinates content for the new Molecular Ecology blog (https://molecularecologyblog.com/) and Twitter feed that bring attention to new articles and highlight recent developments in the community. A complete list of the current Editorial Board for Molecular Ecology Resources is listed in Appendix A with their biography on the journal website. Finally, we are grateful to our reviewers for providing their expertise to our peer-review system; a full list of reviewers for Molecular Ecology Resources in the past year is listed in Appendix B. Editor-in-Chief Shawn Narum, University of Idaho/Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, USA Managing Editor Ben Sibbett, Wiley News and Views Editor Joanna Kelley, Washington State University, USA Associate Editors Richard Abbott, University of St. Andrews, UK Frederic Austerlitz, National Museum of Natural History, France Nick Barton, IST Austria, Austria Regina Baucom, University of Michigan, USA John Benzie, University of College Cork, Ireland Holly Bik, University of Birmingham, UK Pim Bongaerts, California Academy of Sciences, USA Aurélie Bonin, Joseph Fourier University, France Camille Bonneaud, University of Exeter, UK Alex Buerkle, University of Wyoming, USA Ana Caicedo, University of Massachusetts, USA Eric Coissac, Joseph Fourier University, France David Coltman, University of Alberta, Canada Simon Creer, Bangor University, UK Mitch Cruzan, Portland State University, USA Angus Davison, University of Nottingham, UK Jeremy deWaard, University of Guelph, Canada Andrew DeWoody, Purdue University, USA Alex Dumbrell, University of Essex, UK Suhelen Egan, University of New South Wales, Australia Brent Emerson, IPNA-CSIC, Spain Nick Fountain-Jones, University of Minnesota, USA Kimberly Gilbert, University of Bern, Switzerland Rosemary Gillespie, University of California Berkeley, USA Tatiana Giraud, Paris-Sud University, France Michael Hansen, Aarhus University, Denmark Myriam Heuertz, National Institute for Agricultural Research, France Shotaro Hirase, University of Tokyo, Japan Kathryn Hodgins, Monash University, Australia Paul Hohenlohe, University of Idaho, USA Nolan Kane, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Joanna Kelley, Washington State University, USA Andrew Kinziger, Humboldt State University, USA Valerie McKenzie, University of Colorado, USA Corrie Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History, USA Tara Pelletier, University of Radford, USA Josephine Pemberton, University of Edinburgh, UK Yanhua Qu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Sébastien Renaut, University of Montreal, Canada Cynthia Riginos, University of Queensland, Australia Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, AZTI, Spain Sean Rogers, University of Calgary, Canada Jacob Russell, Drexel University, USA Christian Schlötterer, University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria Sean Schoville, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Suhua Shi, Sun Yat-sen University, China Victoria Sork, University of California, USA Graham Stone, University of Edinburgh, UK Pierre Taberlet, Joseph Fourier University, France Lisette Waits, University of Idaho, USA Robert Wayne, University of California Los Angeles, USA Annabel Whibley, University of Auckland, New Zealand Jeremy Yoder, California State University, USA Lucie Zinger, Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III, France Social Media Editor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, University of Queensland, Australia Junior Editorial Board Luke Browne, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Samridhi Chaturvedi, Harvard University, USA Alison Gonçalves Nazareno, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Rebecca Hooper, University of Exeter, UK Megan L. Smith, Ohio State University, USA Elin Videvall, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, USA Katrina West, Curtin University, Australia Janna Willoughby, Auburn University, USA We are very grateful to the large number of people who contributed by reviewing manuscripts for the journal. The following list contains people who reviewed papers for Molecular Ecology Resources that were published in 2020: Abraham, Gad Ackiss, Amanda Adema, Coen M. Adrian-Kalchhauser, Irene Adrion, Jeffrey Agersnap, Sune Aguilar, Andres Aivelo, Tuomas Alayon, Dario Albert, Victor Albrechtsen, Anders Alekseyev, Max Amaral-Zettler, Linda Amir, Amnon Anderson, Eric Anderson, Sarah Ando, Haruko Anslan, Sten Araki, Hitoshi Aranda Lastra, Manuel Archibald, Alan Armstrong, Ellie E. Arribas, Paula Atia, Mohamed A. M. Austin, Jeremy Babik, Wieslaw Bakker, Judith Barata, Carolina Barbian , Hannah Barbosa, Soraia Barchi, Lorenzo Bass, Chris Battey, C.J. Beard, Karen Beaulieu, Michael Bellis, Emily Belser, Caroline Benoit, Joshua Bensch, Staffan Bernardi, Giacomo Berner, Daniel Besnard, Guillaume Bian, Li Bilderbeek, Richèl J. C. Bista, Iliana Black, Andrew Blackman, Rosetta Blackmon, Heath Blair, Christopher Blanchoud, Simon Blischak, Paul Blommaert, Julie Bogan, Samuel Boitard, Simon Bourgeois, Yann Bourlat, Sarah Bowman, Jeff Boyer, Frédéric Bracewell, Ryan Bragg, Jason Brennan, Reid Brüniche-Olsen, Anna Brzeski, Kristin Buchholz, Richard Bucklin, Ann Bukhari, Syed Abbas Burri, Reto Buxton, Andrew Bylemans, Jonas Callahan, Benjamin Calvignac-Spencer, Sebastien Cammen, Kristina Campbell, Erin Campbell, Matt Canals, Oriol Canário, Adelino Cannon, Steven Capblancq, Thibaut Cardini, Andrea Carew, Melissa Cariou, Marie Carraro, Luca Carroll, Emma Carstens, Bryan Carvajal-Rodríguez, Antonio Casey, Jordan Caseys, Celine Casu, Marco Catchen, Julian Cechova, Monika Chan, Jeffrey Chao, Anne Chariton, Anthony Chen, Li-Yu Cheng, H Chiou, Kenneth Choquet, Marvin Chourrout, Daniel Christensen, Kristen Chu, Chong Cicconardi, Francesco Cilleros, Kévin Claar, Danielle Clark, Lindsay Clemento, Anthony Collins, Rupert Colston, Timothy Cotto, Olivier Crava, Cristina Creedy, Thomas Cui, Jinjie Cullingham, Catherine Daane, Jake Dai, Fang-Yin Darolti, Iulia de Villemereuil, Pierre De-Kayne, Rishi DeGiorgio, Michael Delord, Christelle Derkarabetian, Shahan Di Muri, Cristina DiBattista, Joseph Diez-del-Molino, David Dimitrov, Dimitar Dimond, James Doi, Hideyuki Domingues Bitarello, Bárbara Dominguez Huerta, Guillermo Dong, Bo Dorant, Yann Drezen, Jean-Michel Duan, Jianping Duckett, Drew Dudaniec, Rachael Dulias, Katharina Dunn, Peter Dunthorn, Micah Dupuis, Julian Dutheil, Julien Eastwood, Justin Eberle, Jonas Ebert, Dieter Einfeldt, Anthony Elbers, Jean Elbrecht, Vasco Elfekih, Samia Emery, Leslie Esa, Yuzine bin Escalona, Merly Estoup, Arnaud Euclide, Peter Ewart, Kyle Fan, Zhenxin Fecchio, Alan Fedrigo, Olivier Fei, Zhangjun Feron, Romain Feulner, Philine Feutry, Pierre Fields, Andrew Fields, Peter Fijarczyk, Anna Flagel, Lex Flagstad, Oystein Flanagan, Sarah Fonseca, Emanuel Forester, Brenna Forsdick, Natalie Foster, Charles Foster, Zachary Fountain-Jones, Nick Fraisse, Christelle Francois, Olivier Frasier, Timothy Freedman, Adam Freije, Catherine A. Frøslev, Tobias Fu, Zhen Führer, Hans-Peter Fuhrman, Jed Fujisawa, Tomochika Furman, Ben Fuselli, Silvia Futschik, Andreas Gagnaire, Pierre-Alexandre Gagnon, Demi Gagnon, Marie-Claude Gaigher, Arnaud Galen, Spencer Galiez, Clovis Galimberti, Andrea Galla, Stephanie Gallego, Ramon Gamble, Tony Gammerdinger, William Gao, Guangtu Garcia Erill, Genis Gargiulo, Roberta Garrick, Ryan Gautier, Mathieu Gazda, Malgorzata Ge, Gang Geib, Scott Gemmell, Neil Gerard, David Gerlach, Gabriele Gibson, Joel Gilbert, Donald Gillingham, Mark Giribet, Gonzalo Glassman, Sydney Glazier, Amanda Gold, Zachary Goldberg, Caren Gompert, Zachariah Goossens, Benoit Graham, Allie Grealy, Alicia Grey, Erin Griffiths, Sarah Gruber, Bernd Gruenstaeudl , Michael Gu, Liuqi Gutaker, Rafal Gutenkunst, Ryan Hahn, Matthew Hale, Matthew Hamelin, Richard Hardy, Christopher Harper, Lynsey Harris, Alexandre Harris, Ronald Harrison, Peter Hart, Michael Hawlitschek, Oliver He, Shunping Hebert, Francois Olivier Heeger, Felix Heller, Rasmus Henkel, Christiaan Hereward, James Hey, Jody Hill, Catherine Hjelmen, Carl Ho, Simon Hoff, Katharina Hohenlohe, Paul Hollenbeck, Christopher Holman, Luke Huang, D. Hubert, Nicolas Huerlimann, Roger Huerta-Sanchez, Emilia Hui, Jerome Humble, Emily Hume, Benjamin Isik, Fikret Ivy, Jamie Jablonski, Daniel Jacobs, Arne Jaffé, Rodolfo James, Patrick Janes, Jasmine Janowitz-Koch, Ilana Jay, Flora Jayakodi, Murukarthick Jerde, Christopher Jiang, Yu Jinbo, Utsugi Jindal, Granton Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Lisa Johnson, Mark Jones , Penelope Jones, John Jørgensen, Tue Kajitani, Rei Kamal, Nadia Kambouris, Manousos Kane, Nolan Kapli, Pashalia Kapun, Martin Kardos, Martin Kaunisto, Kari Keller, Alexander Kelly, Laura Kennedy, Peter Kennedy, Susan Kenny, Nathan Keskin, Emre Kieran, Troy Kikuchi, Taisei Kim, Hui-Su Kim, Seungill Kirtane, Anish Klein, Etienne Knapp, Michael Knyshov, Alexander Komoroske, Lisa Korneliussen, Thorfinn Kratochvil, Lukas Krehenwinkel, Henrik Krueger-Hadfield, Stacy Ksiazkiewicz, Michal Kubatko, Laura Kuhl, Heiner Kulkarni, Siddharth Kullander, Sven Kumar Gundappa, Manu Kumar, Arun Kumar, Ravindra LaCava, Melanie Lafage, Denis Lammers, Youri Landguth, Erin Langmead, Benjamin Laroche, Olivier Latch, Emily Lawson, Dan Leaché, Adam Lecocq, Thomas Lee, Jung Lee, Mao-Ying Legeai, Fabrice Lehmann, Robert Leray, Matthieu Lescak, Emily A. 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